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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

West Woods Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Cattistock

Etymology

, cf. Westwoods , West woods and Barn , Coates Hr Westwood ,Tauntons Westwood 1839TA , named from its situation in the NW corner of the par . , cf. Henry Cotes c.1800 Hutch3 and the f.n. Estwode infra .